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amictic

amictic adjective: covered in ice, thus unaffected by air temperature, but still having layers of water that intermix (holomictic).

Adjective

amictic (not comparable)

  1. Covered in ice, thus unaffected by air temperature, but still having layers of water that intermix (holomictic).

Origin of amictic

From a- + -mictic.

Questions about amictic

What does amictic mean?
Amictic means covered in ice, thus unaffected by air temperature, but still having layers of water that intermix (holomictic).
What part of speech is amictic?
Amictic is an adjective.

Words near amictic in the dictionary

  1. amicrofilaremia
  2. amicrofilaremic
  3. amicronucleate
  4. amicroscopic
  5. amicrovillar
  6. amictic
  7. amicus
  8. amicus curiae
  9. amicyanin
  10. amid
  11. Amida

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